Byron Adams Gaines, Jr
Private First Class
E CO, 2ND BN, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Jacksonville, Florida
April 07, 1947 to December 28, 1967
BYRON A GAINES Jr is on the Wall at Panel 32E, Line 86

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26 Oct 2001

Byron, better known to his friends and family as "Barry", was my mother's first husband. They were high school sweethearts and my mom still remains in close contact with his 3 sisters. Barry's mother was a very dear woman whom I grew up knowing as Aunt Blanche, who even helped take care of my own father when he was ill.

From
Lori Osterhout
loloO11@aol.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Operation Auburn, conducted 28 Dec 67 through 03 Jan 68 on Go Noi Island, Quang Nam Province, was primarily a 5th Marines operation, but E Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, was attached to 3/5 Marines to provide an extra rifle company. Go Noi Island was infested with North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong main and local forces, and very heavy fighting resulted when the Marines engaged fortified NVA and VC elements.

Echo 2/3 lost twelve men killed in action on 28 December 1967,

  • SSgt Salome Hernandez, Anthony, NM
  • Cpl Robert L. Boyer, Long Beach, CA (Silver Star)
  • Cpl Richard L. Carlson, Montclair, NJ
  • Cpl James B. Cox, Washington, WV
  • LCpl Patrick E. Anglim, Long Beach, CA
  • LCpl Carl E. Chamberlain, Nashville, TN
  • Pfc Byron A. Gaines, Jacksonville, FL (Silver Star)
  • Pfc Thomas B. Holdbrooks, Mc Kinney, TX
  • Pfc Arturo M. Lara, Los Angeles, CA
  • Pfc Ronald J. Streckert, Chilton, WI
  • Pfc Ernesto Tarango, Los Angeles, CA
  • Pfc Herbert O. Zinnel, Dakota City, IA
and seven more on 29 December:
  • Sgt Henry L. Morgan, Benson, NC (Silver Star)
  • Pfc David A. Blough, Spencer, MA (Silver Star)
  • Pfc John A. Delozier, Tucson, AZ
  • Pfc Leo Menendez, Spelter, WV
  • Pfc Steven D. Munden, Minneapolis, MN
  • Pfc Dennis C. Smith, Deer River, MN
  • Pfc Gerald W. Ziy, St Ann, MO

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